by Robyn Hadley

Created on: April 11, 2009

You look but don't see, you see but don't hear

You hear but you don't feel, you feel but you don't speak out

About my plight and the pain of my people

I am Mother Earth and I am starving for your attention

You may take this world for granted but don't I deserve a mention

From the beginning of time, man was put on this earth

He had resources in abundance when this planet was birthed

Mother Earth full and plenty with enough to go around

Animals a abundance and food grown from the ground

Fresh water, full oceans, forests, woods and trees

All these resources on loan to man for free

You have plundered, you have pillaged

You have reaped and not sown

When will you give back, what you do not own

You've
depleted the Ozone and created a domino effect

Global Warming the result of this cause and effect

You've
wiped out rainforests, destroyed species and raped oceans through overkill

For all these manmade atrocities just who foots the bill

My people are hungry, living in squalor and strife

Poverty cuts through this planet like a razor sharp knife

Just when will you wake up and smell your demise

Instead of wallowing in ignorance and narrow minded lies

Educate your generation about the harm that you've done

Promote conservation and preservation before this race is run

Build sustainable communities, instil resource efficiency

So that we can reduce carbon emissions and be green beneficiaries

I am Mother Earth starvingbecause of what's come to past

Hear my plea for attention, it will not be my last

For while you hear me pleading, make haste and take heed

Don't
let me die because of humanities ignorance and greed

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